portraits of the Multiverse
“Portraits of the Multiverse” is a visual investigation between Sadith Silvano, master of the Shipibo “Kené’’ artform and myself. Started in 2022, the project generates a visual dialogue about the Amazonian multiverse by combining photography with ancestral Kené embroidery. Our collaboration addresses sustainability from an environmental and cultural perspective, questioning the colonial fracture that separates […]
Seeds of resistance – amazon human stories beyond the trees
They [the ranchers] think the solution is to bury us, but they didn’t realize that we are seeds.” Think about the Amazon rainforest. Now, what’s the first thing that came to mind? The Amazon rainforest is often idealized and romanticized by the Western world, yet the people who call this forest their home are often […]
El Precio de la Tierra
“El Precio de la Tierra” is a 8-year journey covering 20,000 kilometers and 35 mining communities from Peru chronicling the difficult coexistence between Quechua people, their land, and the mining industry. Through the lens of new and old mines, it explores neoliberalism and neocolonialism, showing the fracture of the human relationship with nature and the […]